We bid farewell to London this morning; rolled our luggage to the Tube and took off for St. Pancras. Left on the Eurorail from Platform 9 (somewhere, we didn't find it, in St. Pancras is the famous Platform 9 3/4 that will take you to Hogwarts) for Paris.
Train was excellent, Chunnel was 25 minutes of darkness. But flying through the English and French countryside was quite an experience.
Arrived in Paris at 2, took a taxi to the hotel. Very nice, this Renaissance Vendome. Settled in and headed for the Louvre. Saw the basics, winged Nike, Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa, and then walked around a bit looking at other things. Will write a more detailed post on Jean Fabre when I get a chance and my impression of his trash, um, art.
Left the Louvre at closing time (5:15 ish), and had dinner at La Taverne Saint Germain. Now, the dinner cost about the same as the Indian dinner we had last night, or, really, any dinner we had in London. But, the coke that I ordered, and the fanta orange that Suzanne ordered, cost 9.4 euros each. That's $16 bucks! 1/2 a liter of drink, no refills, $16!
Did a river cruise on the Seine after that.....very beautiful. Of course, it rained on us the first night in London, and of course, our first night in Paris it had to start raining again. Soaked by the time we finished the cruise and walked back to the hotel, but, definitely glad we did it.
